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Restaurant, Bars, Pubs in Karnataka Allowed to Sell Liquor Amid Lockdown as Takeaway

The order comes as Karnataka generated nearly Rs 200 crore in revenues due to the sale of alcohol this week.




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Only ‘Severe’ Covid-19 Patients to be Tested Before Hospital Discharge as India Braces for More Infections

The Centre in its revised guidelines said there will be no need for testing prior to discharge of mild and moderate Covid-19 cases, while severe patients will be tested once.




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Lockdown May Not Have Flattened Covid Curve, But it Bought India Time as it Approaches Infection Peak

The worry for India remains that despite the stringent lockdown, the curve for ‘new cases’ has not flattened as it has in some other countries that also enforced lockdowns.




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'Inmates Have Right to Safety': Bombay HC Says Maha Govt Must Tackle Covid-19 Spread at Arthur Road Jail

The court directed the state government and prison department to take appropriate steps. The bench noted that there were several inmates above the age of 60 and others who suffered from ailments.




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Five Bihar Military Police Personnel Test Covid-19 Positive, State Tally Rises to 579

All the fresh cases are from Khajpura area of Patna and their infection trail is being ascertained by state health officials.




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Man Commits Suicide After Killing Wife, 11-year-old Son in Rajasthan's Bikaner

His wife was working as an auxiliary nurse midwife at a local sub health centre. She was living in a government quarter, the police said.




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'Scared About Future': Amid Delayed & Postponed CBSE Board Exams, Students Grapple With Anxiety

Similarly, for the students in northeast Delhi, the wait for the exams has become a "test of patience" as they were postponed first in the area due to law and order situation, and later due to the coronavirus outbreak, resulting in a four-month-long wait for the exams.




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Post Vizag Gas Leak, AP Govt Assures Normalcy in Village of Which 12 Residents Were Killed

The temperature at the styrene storage tank, where the vapour leak occurred, has come down, as well as the PPM (ambient air quality) level in RR Venkatapuram village.




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CISF Reports 13 Fresh Covid-19 Cases; Maximum in Delhi Metro Unit

Among the 48 active cases, maximum 31 are in the unit that guards the Delhi Metro followed by 13 in the Mumbai international airport guarding unit.




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AIIMS Experts Guide Doctors at Ahmedabad Hospital Amid Concerns over Rise in Covid-19 Fatalities

AIIMS director and pulmonologist Dr Randeep Guleria and Dr Manish Soneja of AIIMS' department of medicine, flew in on a special Indian Air Force plane on Friday, an official said.




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No Proposal From Bengal to Run Special Trains, Says Railways Amid TMC-Amit Shah Tug of War Over Migrants

The Indian Railways reaction came minutes after the TMC said they planned to run eight trains to ferry migrants from Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Punjab and Telangana over the next three days.




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Woman Commits Suicide at AIIMS After Her Mother Dies of Cancer

She was reported missing after her mother passed away on Wednesday and her body was found near the new private ward block of the hospital on Saturday, they said, adding that she fell to her death from a building.




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Amid Covid-19 Pandemic, Indian-origin Woman in Singapore Faces Charges for Refusing to Wear Face Mask

Retnamswamy is the second person of Indian origin to be remanded at the IMH for psychiatric evaluation after the incident involving face masks.




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Two Women Command AI Express Flights on Covid-19 Evacuation Mission

The rescue flight that took off from Trichy airport to Kuala Lumpur was commanded by Captain Kavitha Rajkumar, while Captain Bindhu Sebastian was the commander for Kochi-Muscat-Kochi flight.




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LG Polymers Says Vapour Leak Caused Accident at Vizag Plant

The unit said it is committed to working closely with the concerned authorities to investigate the cause of the incident, prevent recurrence in future and secure the foundation for care and treatment.




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PM Modi Extends Greetings to Russian President Putin on 75th Anniversary of Victory Day

In a tweet, PM Modi also noted that tens of thousands of Indian soldiers also made the sacrifice in the second World War.




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Confusion over Covid-19 Deaths in Delhi as Govt Data Shows Fewer Fatalities than Hospital Figures

The toll of 68 shared by the Delhi government in its health bulletin on Friday is based on data collected from 10 hospitals, including AIIMS, Safdarjung Hospital, Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital and Lady Hardinge Medical College.




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Chennai and Coronavirus: Two Major Clusters, Rapid Spike in Central and South Zones

While many other districts across Tamil Nadu, even ones which saw an initial spike, have managed to reduce cases, Chennai firmly remains in the red zone with 2644 active cases.




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Delhi HC Extends by 45 Days Interim Bail of 2,177 Under-trial Prisoners amid Covid-19 Pandemic

A bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Talwant Singh passed the order in view of a high-power committee's recommendation that it would be dangerous to put the prisoners back in jail as the risk still remains high.




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62-year-old Becomes Second Covid-19 Fatality in UP's Gautam Buddh Nagar

The resident of Sector 66 was among the two people who tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours




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After Ahmedabad and Surat, Now Total Lockdown in Gandhinagar from Sunday to Curb Covid-19 Spread

The lockdown order will be in effect from May 9, 6 PM in Kalol and 6 AM on Sunday in Gandhinagar.




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2 Indians Flown Back to Kerala from UAE Test Positive for Covid-19; State's Infection Toll Climbs to 505

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said 23,596 people were currently under observation at their homes, and 334 at different hospitals.




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Testing Capacity for Covid-19 Scaled up to 95,000 Per Day, Says Union Minister Harsh Vardhan

Tripura has reported 118 cases, Assam 59, Meghalaya 12 cases, Manipur two while Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh have reported a case each till Saturday morning 8 AM.




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224 New Covid-19 Cases Recorded in Delhi, Tally Climbs to 6,542

No fresh death due to the virus was reported in this period. Delhi has so far reported 68 deaths.




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Two Prisoners Shifted from Bengaluru to 'Green' District of Ramanagara Test Positive for Covid-19

Ramanagara is one of the eight districts in Karnataka that had not seen a single coronavirus case until now, despite being close to the capital city and falling en route the two red zone districts of Bengaluru and Mysure.




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In Letter to Modi, Kerala CM Seeks Help to Bring Back Bodies of Indian Expats Who Didn't Die of Covid-19

Indian embassies may be directed to issue necessary clearance without seeking individual approval from MHA to avoid delay, the letter read.




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'Why Were Positive Patients Traveling?' TMC's Derek O' Brien After 9 RPF Constables Contract Covid-19 in Bengal

Eight constables who tested positive for Covid-19 were posted in West Bengal, while one was stationed in Odisha.




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Telangana BJP Chief Stages Hunger Protest in Support of Farmers, Demand MSP be Paid to Them

Taking a dig at the TRS-led state government, Sanjay asked ministers to make a field visit to know the ground reality and the problems faced by the farmers.




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Shashi Tharoor Slams Modi Govt Over 'Faulty' Rapid Test Kits, Calls for Indigenous Production

Reacting to the reports of faulty test kits, Tharoor said he read comments on social media over the issue stating that what can the Modi government do about it as other countries also had the same experience.




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Govt Must Formulate Early Exit Strategy from Covid-19 Lockdown, Says Congress' Ashwani Kumar

Kumar said the prime minister must remain sympathetic to the needs of states, just as they have by and large deferred to Central advisories.




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Migrants Should be Sent Home after Covid-19 Lockdown Ends on May 3, Says P Chidambaram

In the country as per estimates 44 crore people work in the unorganised sector in different places in the country and during the initial period of the lockdown people are seen walking to their native places.




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Polls or Fresh Oath? Sena Readies Strategy Amid Fears of Political Crisis in Maharashtra Due to Guv Impasse

For Uddhav Thackeray to continue as the CM of Maharashtra, he will have to become a member of the legislature before May 28. That is when his six-month-old term ends.




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Kerala Under Severe Financial Crisis Amid Coronavirus, Says State Finance Minister

Kerala Finance Minister Thomas Isaac said that while aimed to collect Rs 2,000 crores, the state government could raise only Rs 250 crores in April.




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'Don't Hide Data': Priyanka Gandhi Demands Transparency Over Coronavirus Testing in UP

"UP has stopped testing for the past two days and should start testing on a large scale, while adopting transparency in this regard. Hiding data and the truth can prove fatal," Priyanka Gandhi said.




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Franklin Templeton Winding Up Six Debt Schemes a Matter of Grave Concern: P Chidambaram

His remarks came two days after Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund voluntarily decided to wind up its six debt schemes due to liquidity issues amid the coronavirus crisis.




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Aggressive Testing Key to Fight Battle Against Covid-19, Says Manmohan Singh

The Congress shared the thoughts of various leaders in a video to resolve the current crisis relating to the coronavirus pandemic and the lockdown. The leaders are members of a consultative group headed by Singh and formulate the party's views on various matters.




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Priyanka Gandhi Calls for 'Transparency and Right Treatment' to Stop Covid-19 Spread in Agra

Priyanka Gandhi's remarks came over Agra Mayor Naveen Jain's letter to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, requesting him to 'save Agra'.




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Mayor's 'Save Agra' Letter to Adityanath Amid Covid-19 Sparks Row, Priyanka Gandhi Voices Concern

The death toll due to Covid-19 in Uttar Pradesh rose to 27 with two more fatalities, while 177 fresh cases were reported on Saturday taking the total number of cases in the state to 1,793.




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Maharashtra Govt 'Suppressing' Enormity of Covid-19 Pandemic, Says Devendra Fadnavis

The people of the state are paying a heavy price because of the poor response to the crisis by the Shiv Sena-Congress-NCP alliance government in the state, the Leader of Opposition in the Assembly alleged.




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Clear Bottlenecks, Ramp Up Testing to Detect Covid-19, Rahul Gandhi Tells Modi Govt

The Congress leader demanded that 1 lakh tests should be done from the current 40,000 as the country has testing kits in stock.




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Shouldn't Alienate a Community for Mistake, Says Bhagwat, Adds Warning on Covid Misuse by ‘Anti-India Forces’

The RSS chief said there are 'anti-India forces' who are waiting to use the pandemic to break the country.




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Bengal BJP Members Hold Sit-in at Home over Alleged Covid-19 Mismanagement by State Govt

BJP state president Dilip Ghosh, Bankura MP Subhas Sarkar, along with other leaders and workers, held placards in hand during the sit-in at their respective residences from 11 am to 1 pm.




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Amid Lockdown ,AAP Jangpura MLA Video Calls Coronavirus Patients, Assures Issues to be Resolved Soon

Kumar’s Twitter feed revealed that the MLA has been at it for a few days now, earlier, he even reached out to BJP MLA Ramesh Bidhuri asking help for patient living in his constituency.




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Chidambaram Welcomes RBI's Special Liquidity Facility for Mutual Funds

Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Monday lauded the RBI's prompt action in announcing a Rs 50,000 crore special liquidity facility for mutual funds.




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Covid-19: Kumaraswamy Calls for Lowering Cost of Living

Former Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy has called for citizen-centric measures and stressed the need to lower the cost of living, as he cautioned the state and Central governments about the impact of COVID-19 lockdown on economy and people in-tuen.




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Priyanka Gandhi Raises Issue of 'Faulty' Covid-19 Kits Supplied to UP Medical Colleges

The Congress leader highlighted a letter by the Director General medical education in the state stating that faulty personal protective equipment (PPEs) were supplied and the same had got leaked in public domain.




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Some Earning Profits in Sale of Covid-19 Test Kits to Govt, PM Modi Must Intervene, Says Rahul Gandhi

The Congress cited media reports about rapid test kits for Covid-19 being sold at around 150 per cent profits to the government and asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to fix responsibility for the same.




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Govt Must Make Public Details of All Purchases Made to fight Covid-19: Congress

Referring to a company engaged in supply of testing kits, Manish Tewari alleged that kits purchased at Rs 245 were being sold by the firm to ICMR at Rs 600 each while the same to Tamil Nadu government were sold at Rs 400 each.




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Ex-PM Manmohan Singh to Guide Group of Experts For Post-Covid-19 Revival Strategy For Punjab

On Saturday, the state government had constituted the group of experts, headed by noted economist and former deputy chairman of Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia to revive the state's economy.




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Heard PM for Three Hours, Wish We Were Allowed to Speak: Mamata on CMs' Video Conference with Modi

West bengal CM Mamata Banerjee further hit out at the Modi-led government for issuing lockdown-related circulars without consulting the state governments and which did not have adequate clarity.